Stephen Shanko
Lead Sales Engineer at Zenity
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Shanko is a Lead Sales Engineer with 12 years of experience blending hands-on software engineering and technical sales to drive revenue and product adoption. A Columbia Engineering MS in Computer Science (AI) and a Rutgers ECE BS underpin his ability to translate complex technical solutions into clear business value for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. He has led Channel SE teams and supported enterprise accounts at Synopsys, consistently meeting multimillion-dollar quotas while enabling partners across the Americas. Prior to presales leadership, he progressed through software engineering roles at Lockheed Martin, gaining deep Java/C++ expertise and practical product delivery experience from IC to Product Owner. Now at Zenity, he combines customer empathy, cross-organizational collaboration, and a developer’s mindset to accelerate deals and improve internal processes—often contributing to internal and open-source repos behind the scenes.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Rutgers University–New BrunswickMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science (AI), Master of Science - MS, Computer Science (AI) at Columbia Engineering
Github Skills (20)
powerapps9
qr-code9
powerplatform9
python-bindings9
pentesting8
image-generator8
hacking8
rest7
rest-api7
security6
chatgpt6
nyc5
python5
ai-agent5
solution4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
shanko07/ELM327Dash
Aug 2013 - Dec 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes in 4 years 4 months
shanko07/shanko07.github.io
Dec 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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